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login register The Daily Gotham archives blogs events forums galleries polls quotes reviews Home » blogs » Bouldin s blog Search Study: New York unhappiest state From HuffPo : Based on a CDC data study with 1.3 million people, two researchers have compiled a happiness index ranking residents of the fifty states from happiest to least so. Ranking ...
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Recently, the New York State Department of Education (NYSED) circulated a Public Communication and Policy Recommendations Summary for its Race to the Top (RttT) grant proposal to the nearly 700 school districts throughout New York State. In order to participate, each district is required to sign a Memorandum of Understanding in support of the application. Key to all of [...]
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Governor Paterson released the following statement on the impact the Senate's health care reform bill will have on New York if it is enacted as written today. “While I am pleased that today’s announcement of a Senate agreement on health care reform should benefit the 2.5 million uninsured New Yorkers, I am deeply troubled that it worsens what was already an inequitable situation for New York State. “As Mayor Bloomberg and I pointed ...
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Media Matters : Glenn Beck's well of ridiculous was deep and poisonous before he launched his Fox News show, but the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States -- and the permissive cheerleading of his Fox News honchos -- uncorked the former Morning Zoo shock jock's unique brand of vitriol, stage theatrics, and hyperbolic fright, making him an easy choice for Media Matters' 2009 Misinformer of the Year. When he wasn't calling ...
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Good morning, Capitolists! The insomniacs among you know the Senate convened for a 1 a.m. vote early this morning on health care, but not before the fur flew between Democrats and Republicans on the Senate floor, with senators accusing one another of everything from corruption to elder abuse . (What gives with the snark, fearless leaders?) As a public service, we helpfully looked up "clinical exhaustion" on WebMD and found ways that ...
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